Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-08
NOT FOR TEXAS.
The Railways Not Doing Half that 1t Is
Ia Their Power TO DO for the
LOne star States
The Intsrssts Of ths People and Of the
BaiIws ys Mast be Made Identical that
Harmony May Prevail.
FORT WORTH. TEX. Dec. &. 1851.

FORT WORTH, TEN, Dec. 8, 1887.
To the Editor of the Gazette
viii the officials OF Texas railroads sd
nit that they ere not competent to com
pete and cope with their competitors
They constantly are not and h8Ve no
! been doing so. If this be fact, and i
constantly is apparent TO any and all whC
have given the subject the Ieas
thought, that it is an indisput
able fact. That point settled, i
must be that, if they are
/ competent aud have the ability to success
fully "keep up with the pr ,cession," that
| Is to say, keep up with their rivals in
business, secure for Texas AMI their re-
specIve lines Of railroad its and their
shsre q the tide f emigration that is and
mas been Constantly fJwiog 10 the West
from ta6 old states and Europe. We
will eDdssvOF 10 make this plain. We
say II thgY have the AGILITY it must BE-
that they are iidiBorert or don't mexn to
Or CAnnu; oct There certainly must be
something wrong sumo place. They
either cons want 10 bring people TO
Texas "r may are t4ed so that
they cannot, Tor there is
10 such word az can't in this
rusiress. T2ey certainly csu if thev try
and nave the s5ilry and the t0Ols to work
with LGst rGflr competitors have. As 10
ability Tbs wTifer Is Of the opiuion that
our u('c,aIs are qualified sDd fully compe-
cent 70 I'll III positions and chices
ihsy hold. However, this is only
my opinion, but 1 think
mary oilers will endorse this
II, = n rr-rr1n -
safely ssy they (fle CficialsJ have the
ability However, we will leave this
question Tor them 70 answer. Tnev know
best about this. Oue thing certain, il they
are willing Gnd are prepared 10 meet com.
petition, they should be doing better work
for T>xas. They nave the railroads
snd plenty Of good COunec-
tious in all directions, and
with such q stste a. Texas is, with her
fine Climate aud good and cheap lands,
vi spch eesY AID liberia terms, both to
investors $40 actual settlers, With such q
field Tor the manufacturer and, in facI,
something 90 Cher any and everyone, re-
gorjless If their tastes or de
sifes, IN g business wcY,
to say nothing Of cur
climate during the winter months for
those W5o are looking for chAuzs
WaF5 gentlemen. Galveston, Boustor,
a us3in ami San Antonio at lest oushs 10
% crowded win people from t1s east,
83ddle and n0rfhvgs6 states, ard vcu
well know {. While North and Middle
Texas towns and cOun-ies should
nave al this time If wear, and
fact during the winter, thousands
4 land and home. seekers, IN facr, the |
"hcle state should be alive with new |
people, and it w0ui6 certainly be so If |
you were meeting the competition Of your
competitors, viz: the Taidroad officials |
+ CaIitoruia, Kansas, n 'braska, etc, So
veil as those Of the southeast slates.-A
7ou well know, the southeast statssshave
n the past few years drawn
lesvlly both IN people ana capital frOYlI
ne east and middle states. Yes, gentlsk
men, millions Of mOge7 have been IT
-ssted Ia Georgia, AIsb4ms and TeHnes-
ZEE by those IN toe states named TO say
.o5hlpg OF Calf arOia, Kansas, etc, and
While ne could not Il ., Ct to secure all
# this, we certainly think we should
ave secured st lrBst q small share
u it, AID esp cisllY so when
ye have So much u offer the capitslisr
nd the hC me and Iaod seekers. II we
we're holding our Own we you'd rot have
uite so much Cause for CumDlsiDt. but
We fare (-n" we al can see i, people su0
abroad tticisls bJtb) losing more DO
lie and money than We are securing,
nd we ate lOsi3g many of our
est citizens. II we showed anv signs IF
lie in our own state and our railroads
we're bringing in new people and new
apltaI, or ST. least making sn effort, we
7Ould hold what we have and would add
D II, and our people would feel euccur-
ged and stay with ia and would induce |
heir friends, relatives and acquain-
snces in the old stats to come |
ere 6nd ] in US As we sll know, and
Re know II well, there is no use TO look |
the ate for any aid IN bringing Ia I'M
llgTatlon ind capital; thatbeing q set
ed fact, we csu readily see what We
ave 10 depend on and decide who rs to !
o the work if any be done. The state
IL cut OF the question, there re-
la5ns only the people and the rail- E
}ads, hence we Che people, have to lock L
) the railroad Cfi:ials TO Go their share .
this work. n " then, gentlemen, you l
no represent the railroads of Texas, sre !
lie people OF Texas doing snd have they q
one their part? L there ANYTHING you Z
Ould have Us 90 rnat we have not done?
SO, please name it and exDsin >
hat 1t is, aud give Us some /
lea OF wis you want Us tn 90 and how l
DO it. I believe you will hpd the peo- 7
e If Texas ready aud willing 70 iOtu c
,nCs WIN you 10 anything and every Z
ing thai viii sdvsnCe their interest, aud I
hot Is their Interest should be aud no {
)Ubt IS Vaur interest; it is to be 8
}ped So, r. least. Anything j
at benefits the people naturally b
suefs the railroads. Tnat being the case,
ch should maze pull together. How L
Ter, if the people are expected TO do q
e work necessary to be done by them ?
Ives, they should a. least know it aud I
It accordingly; they could then either
TO work aud not depend en- some one L
Sc TO do this work for them, o
they are now snd have be,n, or thea "
'uld PICK up and go else where q
many have already done and others y
i'll GO i something is not Core to chack &
And again, if our railroads are con- p
nj with the pr sent stlln and bust Is
.ss Of Texas and sre gong TO let things o
cd alIDg their own natural gait Il
ID mske no sp-ciSl Effort
ell, We will ssy If they are
It going to make sp+ cislty of Tex4-,
at is, mark il, for reXas and Texas f,